Rescue
Three rescued from sinking canal boat
A stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal was closed to all traffic as a result of the incident at Lock 54.
Yacht hits sandbank in heavy seas
Wexford RNLI rescued the lone sailor after his yacht hit a sandbank in rough seas off Rosslare Point, Ireland.
Third rescue in a week for Barry Dock RNLI
Volunteers with the Barry Dock RNLI lifeboat went to the aid of an injured skipper in the Bristol Channel. This was their third rescue in a week.
Lydd Airport to become permanent search and rescue helicopter base
The Government has announced the Kent airport is to be the permanent base for the UK Coastguard’s search and rescue helicopter services in the south-east.
Three rescued after being shipwrecked on uninhabited Pacific island
Three men, who were stranded on an uninhabited Pacific island for three days, are now safe, after using palm fronds to spell the word "help" in the sand.
Video: fisherman survives boat sinking by clinging to buoy
A Turkish fisherman has survived the sinking of his boat after he managed to swim to a nearby buoy, holding on until rescuers arrived. Vahap Erdemir was picked up by a passing boat in the Gulf of Gemlik, Turkey.
Video: Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon watches his yacht rescue for first time
The Royal Navy squadron that rescued Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon when his race yacht capsized is to be decommissioned on 22 March, 2016.
Video: fishermen save man floating in plastic box
Incredible video footage shows the moment a yacht full of fishermen came to the aid of a man floating in a plastic box miles off the Mexican coast.
Video: Storm grounds fishing vessel, capsizes Coast Guard rescue boat
US Coast Guard rescuers performed a dramatic airlift early Thursday morning when a fishing vessel grounded just metres from shore in New York during poor weather.
Video: 68 stranded as icebreaker runs aground in Antarctica blizzard
Australian authorities are waiting for a blizzard to ease so they can transport 68 people from an icebreaker that has run aground in Antarctica.
UK rowing team rescued after boat capsizes
The Falmouth Coastguard coordinated a rescue effort to aid a rowing team whose boat had capsized some 400 nautical miles off the coast of Cape Verde.
42 abandon burning ship, rescued in South Pacific
Forty-two people forced to abandon ship when their fishing vessel caught fire in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean were rescued in a joint effort on Wednesday.
Missing dog rescued a mile out to sea by RNLI
A missing dog was rescued by RNLI volunteers yesterday morning after it chased seagulls into the sea and swam a mile off shore from Hastings in East Sussex.
Man dies, three hospitalised in boat accident in raging river
A 27-year-old man died in hospital yesterday after being rescued from a raging river in County Limerick in the southwest of Ireland.
IPCC investigation urges more guidance in marine rescues
The IPCC watchdog group asked for better inter-agency guidelines after reviewing the death of a suspected thief in Plymouth's Sutton Harbour.
Video: 60 rescued from tourist boat fire
Sixty people were forced to jump into the sea during a tourist boat fire a half-mile off the coast of New Zealand's North Island.
Atlantic Rally for Cruisers race yacht evacuated
The four crew of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers yacht Magritte have been evacuated after their cruiser began taking on water.
Pictures: Donkey rescued from flood by boat, safe in a manger
A donkey that was stranded in floodwaters in Ireland has been rescued by boat and found a safe manger just in time for Christmas.
Photos and video: RNLI, Coastguard respond to Cumbria floods
Rains hit Cumbria in the UK on an unprecedented scale this weekend, with a month’s worth of precipitation inundating the region in just 24 hours. See the images and footage.
Photos: 60 mph winds capsize sailboat, prompt RNLI rescue
RNLI rescue crews launched two vessels to come to the aid of a sinking sailboat near Newcastle upon Tyne.